Incredible drone footage has captured the moment a shark and a surfer shared the ocean just metres away from each other.
The vision was filmed in Western Australia by Blair Ranford who says the shark, which was about two metres, ‘showed no interest in the surfer outside of a little curiosity’.
Mr Ranford said the surfer was also completely unaware the shark was nearby until he alerted them as soon as he could.
Drone footage has captured a shark and surfer sharing the waters off the Western Australia coast
‘He had never even seen it. He was amazed when he saw the footage,’ Mr Ranford told Daily Mail Australia.
He posted the video to his Instagram page, Sharky Aerials, where he noted it was not uncommon for people to be unaware of sharks in the water.
‘This is the reality for the vast majority of times that sharks and people meet in our oceans… mostly we never even realise they were there,’ Mr Ranford wrote.
‘Of course on rare occasions their interest takes a dangerous turn for people but in truth those situations really are incredibly rare.’
The footage was taken in April, just north of Margaret River, during the Western Australia salmon run.
Mr Ranford, who was operating the drone from about 400 metres away, said it was a bronze whaler which was spotted, which are a common sight during the salmon run but never pose a threat to humans.


Blair Ranford, who captured the footage, said the shark ‘showed no interest in the surfer outside of a little curiosity’
Mr Ranford added on his Instagram page there were precautions swimmers and surfers could take to keep themselves safe in the water.
‘We need to never lose sight of the fact that the ocean is a wild environment, no different to the plains of Africa and act accordingly,’ he said.
‘There is so much we can do to help reduce an already small risk even further, from paying attention to the signs the ocean gives us, such as the presence of bait schools, seals, even whales close to shore.’
Mr Ranford said Australians can also access apps which issue alerts of shark sightings and whale carcasses.

Mr Ranford said the surfer was completely unaware the shark was nearby and they were ‘amazed’ when they saw the footage